President Biden is unveiling a revamped social policy and climate change plan Thursday that the White House expects will make sweeping changes to American society and hopes to pass with overwhelming Democratic Party support.
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A congressional aide familiar with the ongoing negotiations said Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, two key moderate Democrats whose support for the plan is crucial, have "loosely" agreed to a general, broad framework, but will not yet commit to supporting the bill. Arriving at the Capitol, Mr. Biden told reporters that "everybody's on board" with the plan and said, "It's a good day."
Aides working with the president on the legislation described it as "transformative" and "historic" — even though it is expected to cost far less than the original $3.5 trillion proposal Mr. Biden unveiled earlier this year. Mr. Biden's revised framework would also expand Medicare coverage to include hearing services, though some Democrats pushed for the plan to expand the health care program for seniors to cover dental and vision.
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